Coffee all over the keyboard and monitor now, and my children think I have finally lost it- that was hilarious! EVERYONE's first spindling looks like that, or worse. You weren't spinning directly off Delores, were you?

Cut yourself some slack and allow yourself a learning curve. Nobody spins perfect yarn first time out. Even experienced spinners crank out a few skeins of stuff that's only good for tying up the tomato plants. I think you're doing splendidly.

If I get to Chicago (dates, Franklin; gimme dates) we can spend some time on it.

You are doomed, Franklin. I don't see you giving up on spinning. Your efforts look very much like mine--my daughter and I are both beginning spinners. She knit a lovely ear warming head band from the single she spun (not enough for a hat!) and it looks great, even if the single wasn't perfect. What is perfect, anyway?

How dare you put something so perfectly funny and easy to relate to on your blog where it must not be copied. Now we'll all be sending EVERYONE to your site just to see that. I hope you have a bandwidth pipe you can drive a Mac truck through. MyGAWD that's funny!

Oh my, oh my gawd, you should be ashamed of yourself for causing an old lady to laugh so hard she......well never mind. You HAVE GOT TO PUT THIS ON A T~SHIRT!!!! You would sell a freakin bunch of them for sure. And I would be the first to buy one!! Thanks for making my day :-)

I agree that this picture needs to be put on a t-shirt or, better yet, a canvas tote so that I can drag my spinning with me in a bag I will read again and again. Thanks go to whoever sent me your link - I'm glad I found you!

Well, that is just perfect. I have been a wheel spinner for a bizillion years but got a spindle "just for fun"...I have been asking my buddies what the point of this fiddly stuff is but then I guess that it will something nice to put into your purse, Franklin. When I wrote to people asking why they do this to themselves, someone brought up this post and well, I see what/who I was missing. I am ready for this illustration to be on your doodad page. Yes, I would buy a tee shirt (sigh).

If you are learning all alone, though, get a copy of Melda Montgomery's video on drop spinning. Victorian Videos. That's how I learned after creating my first 3 ugly baby skeins. From any good fiber source, including The Woolery (dot com)

That is soooo funny. Just took my first lesson in spindling Sunday, and after 4 hours, we decided I had a flair for it. Came home and tried alone, and mine makes yours look absolutely perfect. Now I can't get my spindle to behave, of course it isn't me... I wanna tee shirt too! ... pretty please! And a book would be hilarious too. ;-)

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